---
title: 'Pontypool (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bruce McDonald'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pontypool-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226681/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pontypool (2008)

2008 · 95 min · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · Canada


## Synopsis

Pontypool is a 2008 Canadian 
psychological horror thriller film directed by Bruce McDonald and written by Tony Burgess, based on his 1995 novel Pontypool Changes Everything. A spin-off, Dreamland, was released in 2019. As of 2023, the two other films in the Ponty franchise's trilogy, Pontypool Changes and Pontypool Changes Everything, have been in active development since 2016.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Tony Burgess](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-burgess)
- **Director:** [Bruce McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-mcdonald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Claude Foisy](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-foisy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mirosław Baszak](https://cinepixo.com/people/miros-aw-baszak)

## Cast

- [Boyd Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/boyd-banks)
- [Georgina Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgina-reilly)
- [Stephen McHattie](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mchattie)
- [Hrant Alianak](https://cinepixo.com/people/hrant-alianak)
- [Tony Burgess](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-burgess)
- [Rick Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-roberts)
- [Daniel Fathers](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-fathers)

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